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A return of Mario Cuomo to Albany? A Taylor Swift party in the governor’s mansion? Barack Obama trading the White House for the hallowed halls of the New York State Capitol? All those situations could …

From today’s Morning Memo: A former top Senate GOP aide says there are uncanny parallels between the infamous “Troopergate” scandal that bedeviled former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and the Moreland mess that is now causing headaches for Gov. Andrew Cuomo. John McArdle, who served as spokesman for Joe Bruno when the then-Senate majority leader was the… …

From today’s Morning Memo: Democratic AG Eric Schneiderman has reserved a second $1 million block of TV air time for the end of the campaign, locking up the airways early as his GOP opponent, John Cahill, struggles to catch up in the fundraising race and build name recognition. A source familiar with Schneiderman’s plan says… …

We sexted, we filibustered, we shot selfies at Nelson Mandela’s funeral. We made bad websites. We were led astray by cronuts and tempted by imaginary girlfriends, and we shamed our dogs on Facebook. Let he among us who has not twerked pop the first hip bump! We hurled epithets at photographers, stunk up the basketball court and humiliated our spouses. Atonement in January’s harsh glare is nigh, but first, a salute to some of the year’s more colorful newsmakers.…

A reader with some time on his hands over the extended Thanksgiving weekend went to see “That Hopey Changey Thing,” an off-Broadway play about Democratic politics that currently on stage at the Public Theater. And he was so struck by the experience, that he flagged the production in an email to SoP. The main character… …

Roger Stone, the sharp-dressed, right-wing political operative who is no fan of any Democrat, has it in for Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Stone says the architect of the War on Poverty and the Great Society is better remembered as the Great Conspirator and accuses him of responsibility for nine murders, including the greatest crime of the 20th century, the assassination of John F. Kennedy.…

Today’s Siena poll is a mixed bag for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, bringing him good news about the constitutional amendment on casino gambling (not to mention his manipulation of the ballot amendment wording on the subject), but bad news about his own job approval and favorability ratings. For the first time ever, Cuomo’s job performance rating… …